Robert Chichele
Template:Short description Template:DMCA Template:DMCA Sir Robert Chichele (sometimes shown as Chichley[1] or other variations) was a 15th-century English merchant and Lord Mayor of London.[2]
He was the son of Thomas Chichele of Higham Ferrers and Agnes Pyncheon, and the brother of Henry Chichele, the Archbishop of Canterbury and founder of All Souls, Oxford. Another brother, William, also served as Sheriff of London in 1409.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Robert served as an Alderman for Aldgate Ward from 1402, when he also served as Sheriff of London before being elected twice as Lord Mayor of London, in 1411 and again in 1421. He received letters patent ordering him (along with then-mayor Richard Whittington) to seek out and imprison any Lollards within the city.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. In 1414 and 1415 he was Member of Parliament for the City of London as one of the two aldermanic representatives.[3]
Robert was buried in the church of St Mary Bothaw.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Through his daughter, Phillippa, he was an ancestor of Sir Andrew Judde, a later Lord Mayor of London.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
See also
- List of Sheriffs of the City of London
- List of Lord Mayors of London
- City of London (elections to the Parliament of England)
References
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- ^ The Visitation of Cambridge, 1575 and 1619, by Henery St.George, Richmond Herald, edited by John W. Clay, F.S.A., Harleian Society, London, 1897, p.33.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lord Mayors of the City of London from 1189" (PDF). www.citybridgetrust.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Chronological list of aldermen: 1302-1400". British History Online. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
Source
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cox, John Edmund (1876). The Annals of St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, London.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Newcourt, Richard (1708). Repetorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense. Vol. 1. London.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Riddy, Felicity (2000). Prestige, Authority, and Power in Late Medieval Manuscripts and Texts.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lord Mayors of the City of London from 1189" (PDF). www.citybridgetrust.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.<
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Chronological list of aldermen: 1302-1400". British History Online. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
